Corinth Object: KP 540
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 540
Title:   SMALL KOTYLE, CONVENTIONALIZING STYLE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   540
Description:   Small "skyphos" (identified in new publications as kotyle), with deep convex body. 2 round downturned loop handle attached below rim. False ring foot with small projecting disk at center of undersurface.
Decoration:   Conventionalizing style. Black and brown paint. At rim, row of black buds below a brown line. Along body bands of brown; exterior of foot black; interior of cup solid black.
Material:   Fine very pale brown clay. No visible fabric.
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/3 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Complete or intact. 5 frgts., preserving entire vessel. Added slip partly worn.
Manufacture:   C22 WM
Weight Description:   0.044
Weight:   0.044
Period:   5th c. B.C.
Chronology:   1st quarter 5th c. BCE
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB106 P36
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Stelai shrine A.
Bibliography:   Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 188; Risser 2001; Corinth VII.5, p.62, no.144
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Image: bw 1965 104 04
Basket: NB106 P36